Shingle gauge



Marchv 18, 1930. F, NELSON- 1,750,854

' n I SHINGLE GAUGE Filed Feb. 13, 1928 10. roof with shingle nails.

Patented Mar. 18, 1930 PATENT i om-Ice FREDERICK LQ-NELsomoF ALTA, Iowa SHINGLE GAUGE Application led February 13, 1928. Serial No. 253,876.

The object of my invention is toprovide a shingle gauge of simple, durable, and comparatively inexpensive construction.

A further object of my invention vis to pro- 5 vide a shingle gauge by the use of which the danger of holes in the shingled roof is eliminated. Ordinarily the carpenter uses 'a straightedge to which two shingles have been nailed, and these shingles are fastened'to the v Many times these nails are driven into the roof between the sheathing boards and when ythis is done, a hole in the roofresults, which does not appear until the roof is completed, it then being too 15 late to repair such leak and usually they are diHcult to locate. My gauge is primarily designed to entirely eliminate this evil without the use of expensive equipment. K

A further object is to provide a gauge con- 20 sisting of a pair of vmembers adapted to be clamped to an ordinary board such as found around any building during the course of coni structionwith means on the members for extending under the lower edge of a row of 25 shingles so that one edge of the board may be used for gauging the next row of shingles to be laid in position on the roof.

Still a further obj ect is to provide the member U shaped in form so that it' may fit over one of the edges of the board and to further provide a clamping bolt through the sides of the U shaped member for securely clamping these sides to the surfaces of the board. y

Still a furtherobject is to provide slots in lthe sides of the U shaped member for the clamping bolt to extend through so that the .gauge board may be ladjusted to different positions with respect to the U shaped members for gauging the shingles to overlap different distances as desired.

Still afurther object is to provide several clamping bolts with different thicknesses of heads whereby shingles of various thicknesses may be gauged by my device. Y

With these and other obj ects in view my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination 0f the various parts of my device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings. Although the invention is susceptible of a variety of embodiments, it is unnecessary to fully describe and illustrate Vmore than one in order to give a full understanding of the invention both from its structural and functional standpoints. Accordingly,l have"illustrated a preferred and .desirable embodiment of the invention in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure l is a plan View of my improved shingle gauge in use and illustrating two rows of shingles already laid and a thirdone being laid.

Figure 2 isa perspective view of the gauge itself as assembled for use. i

Figure 3 is a sectional viewon the line 3-'3 of FigureQ showing the device in use for engaging ordinary wood shingles,'the shinglesV P being shown in position on a roof. v A

Figure 4 is a similar view illustrating the devicein use for asbestos'or other types of shinglesthinner than wood shingles.`

4Figure 5 is a perspective Vview of one ofthe clamping members, a pair of which are used in yconnectionwith the gauge vboardto comprise acomp'lete shingle gauge; and

- Figure isl adetail'sectional view on the line'6-6 of Figure').

On the accompanyingv drawings Ihave used the'reference numeral V10 to indicate a row of shingles, av second row is indicatedV by thereference numeral' 12, and a'third row is indicated at 14:. After the 'shinglesllO are laid, mygauging device is used for lay-V ing the second row'12 andthen for laying the third row leland soon. l' p `-My gauge'` device comprisesa pair of memf' bers Aand a gauge'boardfB; Each member A consists ofla back member 16 and a pair offa'rms l18, and 20 whereby:.a substantially U shaped member `is formed'. The "gangen board BhisV adapted 'to4 be Iinserted*between the arms 18 and 2O as *clearly illustratedy in Figure 3 of vthedrawings; The board B may Y be any desired width and a 'lx 4' is the most suitable for the purpose.` kBoards offthis l character are always lying *aroundV a newly constructed house andV bythe arran ement,

of my device suchmaterial canibeuse -with-Vv out the necessity of. using a definite *member i z nutv 24 thereon.

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Forfsecurely' p thearins 18 and 2 0 by frictional engagement for the gauge which would have to be kept all holding the 'board'.- B between i I provide-fa. clamping bolt 22 having 'a wing The bolt 22 is mounted Y through 'a-slot 26 inthe arm 18 and through a. slot 28-inl the arm 20. A recessV 8 O'fsornel what widerthan theislot28`v'is providedi"f the garni 20"for the I`purpose of receiving the squarehead 32 ofthevbolt 22. andftlereby f prevent its turning relative tothe meinber-'AiV :From the foregoing ,description itfwillbe T obvious that the gauge boardfrB. inaybe'ad-'V justedto any position within certain limits'Y Y relativeto the arms' 4l8fand 2O sojthat'theVV y v v Y v- 1. A A 1 p, The portion 16V of lthey member .Aextends Y beyond the arm QOas indicated at 34 and Vhas Y rows ofvshingles l0, 12,a'nd 14 may. berlaidl in overlappinglpositionfthe overlap lbeing varied as desired.

' a finger extending-in the sainer direction as the armsf'lS and 2O* andv adapted'fto hook n u'nder'the lower edge ofthe row .of shingles f as clearly illustrated'inFigure3. yThe bolt illustrated in Figures 3 and 6 is designedfor wood shingles and another bolt illustrated inFigure Ltinay be substitutedforithe bolty shoWnin Figureriwhen asbestos vshingles or shingles thinner than the wood shinglesl are being laid.'4 The bolt 22 illustratedin Figure 4 has an additional 'head 38 to fill uptheinl f 35V f v L Fromy the foregoing description ito. will'be Y ifapparent lthatV I have provided a ,pair of y f simple clamping 4members whiolifmay lbe` v l yclamped-1 to the ends fof'azboard so that the tervening spacebetween the .bottom of the armrQO and the top ofthe `thinner,shingle 40. V

.board may @tes a eaugefboard- 111 moving from one jobto another the carpenterVV needs only to takethey members VA` with hinnthe gall-1g@ boaid Blb'elg any :board `suitable and J this 'manne my' device-isi considerably .f Simplifiedover the type of gauge in-whchth v member-kpk ABV must be of specific construction.

Somechangesmay be niadeinftheconstruc- .Y Y 5 Vtion andarrangementofthe partsof myde-` e vice without V*departingl fromtherealspirit;

and ypurpose of my invention, and iti is my:Y

' intention to: cover. vby .my claims,Y any modi- Vingg'rfaV U shaped`member,the .lli'ns thereof i i.

l extendingtbroughsaid slotted arms, and anl i' Yeo,

Y fied forms of structureoruscfmechnical Y, f'eqiiii'alents,V` Vwhich ma v eluded within their-:scopaV Ifclaimas my invention: *Y .Y

device Yof thefclass describedv compris being longitudinally?slotted,fa clamping bolt extensionv onV the; connectingifportion of the bent tof extend f in the saine direction -g y be' reaeliably; in;

longitudinallyslotted, one of said Varms hav 1 g ing a counter-sunk recess surrounding the slot turning; of the boltfand anl extension'. ofv the connecting portion of the U-shaped member, terminating ina finger bent to Vextend in the saine direction lmember.V i e. i Y

3;" In -a;device'fof the yclass described,'a

Vasfthe arms offsaid Ushaped y therein, a clamping bolt extending through said slotted arms and havinga head located .7, within saidVYcounter-sunk recess to prevent U-shaped-ineinber, the arms thereof being lo'n'ggitudinallyl slotted, one offsaidarms hav- Yingnay counter-sunk' recess `surrounding the slot""thereiii, a""`clainping "bolt vextending throughsaid slotted armsfandhavingahead located 4within saidfcounter-sunk `ref'sess to prevent turning of the bolt, anv extension of i the connecting portion of the ,Ushaped meinc ber, vterniinating in ya ilinger 'bent tov fextend inthe same direction as the armsofsaid U-shapedmember and adjacent the arm havingthe recessedslot, said headvhavinga porg u tion thereon extendingy beyondy thesurface of the slotted arm having the counterssunk f'FREDERICK'LQNELsoN, i

a 'mi v i. v eo Y recess therein and partially spanning theldis-k Vtance between sucharm and said linger.- 

